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The first (and only) causality of the European Parliament hearings for Jean-Claude Juncker’s new Commission so far, is Slovenia’s Alenka Bratusek, who withdrew her candidacy for the post of Vice-President for Energy Union after a being effectively veto…

Gone but not yet forgottenThe European Parliament and the political machines that dominate it were, according to many, not supposed to select the President of the European Commission – but they got their man. MEPs, led by Spitzenkandidaten Martin …

As might be expected after some shocking showings in the European Parliament (EP) elections, the heads have begun to roll – and rightly so, some would say.The most high profile resignation so far is that of the Spanish opposition Socialist leader Alf…

The Slovenian Central Bank this morning released the long anticipated results of the stress test of Slovenian banks. The full results can be found here, while the press release is available here and a reader-friendly Q&A here. The release did not …

Back in the spring, we looked at who might be next in the line of eurozone bailout requests. It’s now looking increasingly likely that one of our predictions, Portugal, will require some form of further assistance to fully exit its current bailout. Now…

The Commission has today released its country-specific recommendations on economic policy. Below, we highlight the most important suggestions made to some of the key eurozone countries.SPAINAccording to the European Commission, Spain should “improve …

In anticipation of tomorrow’s eurozone finance ministers meeting (which will discuss finalising the Cypriot bailout and potentially extending the bailout loans given to Portugal and Ireland) Open Europe has published a new briefing looking at who might…

This week saw another twist in the ongoing soap opera which is the eurozone bailouts. The Finnish government – no doubt feeling the anti-bailout True Finns (currently the largest party in the polls) breathing down its neck – has for some time demanded …